Guy Fieri on Food Network can’t miss
It seems official that he will have a hit. The promos indicate that Central Casting has found Emeril’s old audience and so there will be wild applause, cheering, and weeping at the addition of salt and pepper to a dish. Well, at least no Tivo space will be used up on this new show.
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21 Comments:
So what's the name of the show gonna be Guiedo the Clown....pfft
Markbb at 2:18PM on 09/11/08
I can't believe people can sit and watch that crap. He's so over the top it physically hurts me.
PumpkinBear at 3:01PM on 09/11/08
I dunno, I really like him. Sure, he's a super hyped up personality, but one can see he has good cooking fundamentals and clearly loves good food, be it fine dining or hole in the wall.
He's beyond Rachel Ray by light years in both those respects.
The catchphrases ("money", "off the hook") are a little redundant and silly, but being goofy can be fun. If you pay attention to his cooking, you find he really is a good chef.
To be successful on TV these days, though, you unfortunately have to provide entertainment for the lowest common denominator, meaning the good chefs now have to find gimmicks.
Heck, even Julia did silly things, like beating stuff against the counter and screwing up recipes on camera. SHE never took herself too seriously, and she made French Cooking accessible to everyone!
wavewench at 4:11PM on 09/11/08
@wavewench ~ Not in my house!
izatryt at 6:35PM on 09/11/08
He never really caught on with me. Anne Burrell is about as physically over the top as anyone can get but what she teaches still reels me in like a tired trout.
Julia's doing silly things to make cooking approachable didn't negate the lessons she taught but I just don't get that "sage wisdom" from Guy.
Pimping Applebees (or whatever joint it is) didn't do anything to help endear him to me either.
therealchiffonade at 8:13PM on 09/11/08
I enjoy his show DD&D. Endorsing TGIF has no effect on me, it's not harming me in any way, I mean if he was endorsing a company that uses third world countri's children or adults with very little pay and outrageous hours, or endorsing some Co. knowing is harmful to the environment, that would be a different story. That said, I will tune in and see if I like his new show.. I agree, FN needs to get professional chefs back on the air, chefs that are no nonsense, who do not show their cleavage, say silly catch phrases, and pushing Kwannza cakes. So if Guy can pull off being entertaining but at the same time dishing edible dishes, then I will continue to tune in, if not then oh well.
pjracz10 at 9:50PM on 09/11/08
It is Guido. I call him Biker Billy cooks with jewelry.
Take a look at his restaurants menus it is like TGIFs
http://www.texwasabis.com/
http://www.johnnygarlics.com/
Thats right 5 of them.
I have said this before this guy did not come out of the woodwork, he was a friend of Michael Chiarello and appears on one of his Entertaining segments as a "friend" from 4 years ago.
JerzeeTomato at 10:22PM on 09/11/08
I dont care for his "cooking" I have caught his show a couple of times, trying to be fair. But I have to admit I do enjoy DDD. ok I'm going to the corner to hide my face now. :-(
huneybumper at 7:21AM on 09/12/08
Yes. How dare he have restaurants.
Come on. He opened, what, 5 of them _before_ he was on Next Food Network Star.
He's also a barbeque circuit competitor (and winner), I tend to think those menu items are pretty solid.
No one need like him on TV, of course, or even like him at all...but why trash the things he and other people built on their own?
ccbweb at 8:41AM on 09/12/08
I find him more irritating than RR. I can not watch him for more than 30 seconds. And, BTW, when did he change the "r" in his last name to a hard "r" ? He now says 'Fiedi'.
jdmcdonald at 5:53PM on 09/12/08
I'm going to tune in and see if his new show is any good, I like DDD but haven't really seen him on anything else where he actually cooks food
msalixandrea at 6:05PM on 09/12/08
His menus range from completely unoriginal to strange and off-putting, much like his personality.
buffy at 7:53PM on 09/12/08
Who gives a rip if he changed the pronounciation of his last name? If some of you didn't take life so seriously, maybe you could actually enjoy his shows. Remember that t.v. is for entertainment... it's still o.k. to be silly and have a little fun.
floridagirl at 6:59AM on 09/13/08
He did make a pepperoni lasagna on GBB that I found interesting. I have to try it.
BITTER at 5:26PM on 09/15/08
Guy has a strong background in food and restaurants. His recipes are imaginative and although not all of them "ring my chimes" I've got to admire him.
Floridagirl is right - lighten up! The kitchen is my playground, it's where the company always hangs, and we have FUN. DH and I frequently comment that we think Guy'd be a fun person to invite for dinner. Come on gang - crawl out from under your pretensions and live a little. (Hey, have you ever had a food processor belch mole sauce all over your kitchen?? And did you have to hang on to the countertop and each other laughing so hard you were all crying - even though it was in your hair, all over your favorite shirt, the cabinets, counters, floor, and everyone in range???? If not - I'm sorry, but I can just see Guy Fieri laughing his butt off along with us.
I'm not wild about his bleached, spikey hair, and all of his "bling" but I figure that I haven't accomplished near what he has in my 60 years - so I'm not going to knock him. I always learn some little trick watching him, and love his adventurous, playful way with food.
Fanciesmom at 5:29PM on 09/16/08
@franciesmom- I want an invitation to your house for mole explosion night! That's hysterical. You and yours sound like our gang. Too funny!
floridagirl at 8:44PM on 09/16/08
It was one of the funniest nights ever! I sure smelled good though!
Fanciesmom at 10:19PM on 09/16/08
@Fanciesmom & floridagirl: you raise a good point. When you put it that way, it would be a kick to have him in the kitchen with you. I think most of my irritations stem from the way FN has gone so far down in the quality of their programming in general.
buffy at 11:04PM on 09/16/08
@Buffy: I agree with you about FN going down in quality . I'm a little sick of so many Ace of cakes. I don't really prefer Alton Brown on anything because he is way too ..... weird? I just think he is so serious and explains way too much. That's why I like Guy, he's not serious and it is pure entertainment. Sometimes that what I need to remind me that cooking is fun.
floridagirl at 10:18PM on 09/17/08
I would LOVE for him to drop into my kitchen as my sous chef. Many of the dishes on GBB sound interesting, but I would need 2 people chopping veggies, a brandy new set of sharp knives (Retchel's perhaps), and a medic standing by to stitch my fingers back in place. Seriously, I think Fieri has good credentials and some tasty recipes, but pleeeeease FN, stop the madness now! Between DD&D, GBB, Off the Hook and the Fridays ads (out of their control of course) he's becoming as ubiquitous as RR. The hair, the bling and his goofy trademark words are starting to grate on my very last nerve. I haven't caught a whole episode of his new show yet, so I can't comment on that one. But I truly hope he doesn't trot out his videogame-playing buddies who are drop-ins on GBB. They don't add anything to the show other than periodic grunting, and their collective IQs are probably the same as their ages. Hopefully, he can get some talented cooks as guests on his new show or at least people who are entertaining by nature. @ Fanciemom - you sound like a natural choice for a guest! Let the mole fly and see where it lands!
Josdean at 8:27AM on 09/18/08
@Josdean - ya know I could really use a new food processor - but this one is sooooooooo much fun, you just never know what's going to happen! We just cross our fingers and duck! LOL
Fanciesmom at 7:17PM on 09/18/08